Blog post
Listening to the future on World Children’s Day 2024
As a communication trainee at UNICEF, this year, I had the privilege of being part of an event organized for World Children’s Day that left a profound impact on me. The event revolved around co-creating a sustainable future and included the handover of a report to the Ministry of Forests and Environment (MOFE). Hi...
News note
UNICEF joins the Government of Nepal in calling for greater investment in children on National Children’s Day
Kathmandu, 14 September 2024, – On National Children’s Day today, UNICEF joins the Government of Nepal in calling for greater investment in children to ensure progress for every child in Nepal. “Children are Nepal’s greatest asset, and the future depends on the well-being of the next generation,” says UNICEF Nepal...
Remarks
Remarks from Ms. Alice Akunga, UNICEF Representative to Nepal at the inauguration of the new field office in Surkhet
Distinguished Secretary from the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers of the Karnali Provincial Government, secretaries from various line ministries, Chief District Officer of Surkhet, officials from security agencies, representatives from Birendranagar Municipality, representatives from the Natio...
Press release
On World Children’s Day, UNICEF calls for urgent action and recommitment to child rights in Nepal
KATHMANDU, 20 November 2023, –, On World Children’s Day, UNICEF calls on everyone – government, development partners, civil society, media, private sector and many more – for urgent action to protect children and their rights in Nepal. Celebrated every year on 20 November, World Children’s Day is UNICEF’s Global D...
Press release
Alice Akunga is the new UNICEF Representative to Nepal
KATHMANDU, 10 July 2023 –, UNICEF has welcomed Ms Alice Akunga as the new UNICEF Representative to Nepal. Ms Akunga presented her credentials to Honorable N. P. Saud, Minister for Foreign Affairs, today. Ms Akunga is a national of Kenya and has more than two decades of experience serving children in Kenya, Malawi,...
Press release
Urgent investment in South Asia’s children vital to prevent devastating impacts of COVID-19 being felt for decades – UNICEF
KATHMANDU, 9 December 2021, : Governments across South Asia need to urgently expand investments in basic health, education, and protection services for the millions of children and their families whose lives have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic and other disasters, says a new UNICEF report released on the...
Press release
UNICEF calls for averting a lost generation as COVID-19 threatens to cause irreversible harm to children’s education, nutrition and well-being
NEW YORK, 19 November 2020, – UNICEF warned in a new report today of significant and growing consequences for children as the COVID-19 pandemic lurches toward a second year. Released ahead of World Children’s Day, Averting a Lost COVID Generation is the first UNICEF report to comprehensively outline the dire and g...
Article
Forging a path for youth engagement
Saptari, Nepal: Nisha Timsina from Kanchanrup Municipality in Saptari District recalls a time when she felt extremely helpless. “I often heard about incidents of violence and sexual abuse of children, mainly girls,” she says. “Even though these reports shook me, I didn’t think there was anything I could do.” In 20...
Press release
30 years of child rights: Historic gains and undeniable achievements, but little progress for the world’s poorest children
NEW YORK, 18 November 2019 –, There have been historic gains overall for the world’s children since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted 30 years ago. However, many of the poorest children are yet to feel the impact, according to The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a Crossroads , a new re...
Report
An open letter to the world’s children
In November 2019, the world marks the 30th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly adopting the Convention on the Rights of the Child. To commemorate this occasion, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore has written this open letter to the world’s children. The letter describes the enormous progres...
Press release
Kanchanrup Municipality declared as the first child-friendly municipality in Province 2
KATHMANDU, 6 September 2019, – Yesterday, the Honorable Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration Mr Lal Babu Pandit, declared the Kanchanrup Municipality as the first child-friendly municipality in Province 2, and the third child-friendly municipality in Nepal after federalism. A child-friendly munic...